When to seek help from a fertility specialist

The general consensus is that infertility evaluation should be undertaken for couples who have not been able to conceive after 12 months of unprotected and frequent intercourse.
In women between 35 and 40 years of age, most initiate evaluation after 6 months of unprotected intercourse without conception,
and immediate evaluation in women over 40 years of age. Evaluation is initiated sooner if the female partner has a history of oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea,
pelvic infection or surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation, or endometriosis.

Male factors can also be indications for initiating early evaluation of the male partner. These factors include a history of testicular trauma requiring treatment, adult mumps,
impotence or other sexual dysfunction, chemotherapy and/or radiation, or a history of subfertility with another partner.

The basic infertility evaluation of all couples consists of:

Semen analysis. (They will give you a tupperware kit: Bring it in within the hour of ejaculation.)

Assessment of ovulatory status by history or laboratory testing. (Blood draws for her - testing hormone levels)

Determination of tubal patency and presence or absence of abnormalities of the uterine cavity by hysterosalpingogram.